be pad doubt that they have needofhelp. I would as loon be- lieve him if he undertook tobuild a Cattle alone, and Paid he . had no needof help ; or that forty thoufandof the poor of Lon- don have no need of relief, and that it is rebellion to relieve them ; as that the forementioned two hundred thoufand haveno need of teaching or Minifterial help for their fouls. L. Obj.- IX. There are Tome that have written that it is Pride and CoDetoufnets that makesyou lion-Conformists to feemgodly, and to get livings f or your Sons. M. Satan is fo impudent a difputant, that I am aweary of anfwering him, tho' in feif- defence : If it be pride to be fcorn'd andtofs °d about as Rogues, whywill thefe humble Lord Bifhops and Mafters fo be-rogue us tomake us proud ? Men ufe to take downthat which feeds their enemies pride I pray get them to reftore us from poverty, and priions, and fcorns, and Flanders, to take down our pride. And for covetoufnefs get them one year to take our-turns, tohave all theirGoods and Books taken away, on the penalty of 401. for every, Sermon, and that to be levied on their hearers which they cannot pay, and in this cafe to ly in Gaol, and tell tas when they have tried it whether it gratified their covetouf4 nefs. As tomens Charity to our felves or Sons ; I. I have Paid here- tofore that the 2000 that were ejected were fit for Bedlam, if they would go out and fuf er, that fo forty Mens Sons that conform againft their Fathers wills,might get benefices. 2. They will take it for a difgrace totheir Church, ifwe Fhould not grant that the Lords, Knights, RichMen and Patrons, are far , more of their Church, than ofDifTenters ; and therefore liker topre- ferr Conformifts Sons, than others : And a Livingfor the Fa- user, another for the Son, is more than a Fallibility for one, But brazen-faced impudence cannot be confuted. L. Obj. X. Theyfay you are mer Hypocrites, that have learnt afilm of Holinefs and yei,áice, but havefalfe,proud, felf-conceited, , rebellious Hearts. M. And truly we cannot confute them any otherwife than by an appeal to the Judge ofHearts: Wecannot Phew them our Hearts : And if they fay that they fee and know them, let Men believe themas they fee caufe. They did not craftily fomuch to praife_our, out-fide ; for thofethat take them not for..Gods will rdly believe that they fee anydeeper.. But,
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